How to add, upload, and tag your pictures and photos in FaceBook

Posted on August 11, 2007 at 11:24 am

If you’re a FaceBook user, you may have seen that some of the photos posted on people’s albums show their name when scrolled over with the mouse. This is called tagging a photo and it’s quite easy to do. In the process, I’ll explain quickly how you can upload photos to your FaceBook account to create albums or to update your profile picture.

To manage your photos or to tags other people’s photos, click on Photos in the left hand menu.

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By default, you’ll see a list of recent photo albums and recently tagged photos from your friends. Click on My Photos to at the very top to create a new album.

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With FaceBook, every photo that you upload has to be in an album, so click create your first album to get started. You can upload as many photos as you want per album, but it’s usually a good idea to create a new album for a related set of photos, i.e. wedding party, trip to Vegas, cruise ship, etc. Give you album a name, location, and choose who can view it.

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You may be asked to install the Java plugin for IE, click Yes to accept. Now you can simply browse your computer hard drive and add the files by checking off the box at the top of each picture or clicking the Select All button. When you move your cursor over a picture, you can also rotate it to the right or left using the circles.

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When you are finished, click the Upload button at the top right.  Once uploaded, you’ll be allowed to edit the photos before the album is created. Here you can add a caption, choose the picture for the album cover and delete a photo if you’ve changed your mind.

To tag a person in the photo, just put your mouse pointer on the face of the person and left click. A box appears that lets you choose the person from your list of friends, including yourself.

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Once you’re done tagging everyone, you can save the changes and you’ll have the option to share the album with friends and family, even if they are not FaceBook members.

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To update your FaceBook profile picture, click on Profile at the very top, and then click on Edit My Profile underneath the location of your profile pic.  

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Click on Picture and then click the Browse button to upload a new profile picture. The new uploaded picture will become your default profile picture. In order to change your profile picture, you have to upload the photo. FaceBook creates a Profile Picture Album, but for some reason you can’t switch between profile pictures by choosing them from the album, you have to re-upload the picture.

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 That’s about all there is to it! Enjoy!

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3 Responses to “How to add, upload, and tag your pictures and photos in FaceBook”

  1. sally warr said on :

    I am trying to add photos to the view photos of me icon on my profile. I want to put photos of my son in there but when i tag a photo of him from my album I have to tag my name so when someone looks at photo it sais my name too when i am not in the photo??? How can i add photos in here doing it in a simple way?? Its easy to make and alter an album but i want my photos in here…

    please help..


  2. sy said on :

    got problem uploading photos,…
    after i install java plugin for IE , the following appear: “select all” , “deselect all” & “upload”

    “upload” can’t press ?


  3. robin said on :

    I have a picture someone sent me via email that i want displayed on my facebook page or profile pict how do i upload the picture? Or my question is how to i add it to my fb page?


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